Willie Nelson News

Billy Bob Thornton - yes, that Billy Bob Thornton - performs on Stage One of the Harris Center with his American country rock/rockabilly band The Boxmasters, a group of seasoned musicians whose music is rich in rhythm and story. They're the real deal: their third album Modbilly reached #1 on the Americana Radio Chart and #14 on the Americana Music Association's Top 100 Albums of the Year, and they've toured as Willie Nelson's opening act. "They're working in the tradition of musical mavericks Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash, surveying the world for stories of ordinary people" (Los Angeles Times). Onstage, "the group shifts seamlessly between Nuggets-type garage rock and country-inflected ballads, with Thornton prefacing the songs with alternatingly poignant and outrageous stories" (Rolling Stone).

SiriusXM announced today that The Barbra Streisand Channel, an exclusive channel featuring the works of Grammy, Oscar, Emmy and Tony award-winning artist Barbra Streisand, will return to SiriusXM on September 6.

 Dolly Parton fans and SiriusXM subscribers are having a great week! Not only is Dolly's highly-anticipated new album Pure & Simple available Friday, August 19, but Dolly Parton's SiriusXM special is also airing on Willie Nelson's SiriusXM channel, Willie's Roadhouse! The special will debuton Friday at 11am ET and 6pm ET, with re-airings on Saturday at10am ET and 7pm ET and Sunday at 3pm ET and 11pm ET. Additionally, SiriusXM has declared next Friday, Aug. 26 "Dolly Day," on Prime Country and will air the Dolly Parton: "Pure & Simple" special on the Prime Country channel at 9am ET, 3pm ET and 10pm ET. 

Celebrating the grand music of life with gusto is Mariachi Sol De Mexico, the greatest mariachi ensemble in the history of the world! Under the direction of band founder and artistic director Jose Hernandez, this multi Grammy winning band of trumpets and violins, violas and guitars, exemplifies the festive spirit of traditional mariachi with a modern, fast-paced, theatrical flare. This is not your abuela's mariachi! Oh, yes, it's so much more.

Amy Hanaiali'i, Hawaii's top-selling female vocalist of all time, will bring aloha to Feinstein's at the Nikko this holiday season for two performances only - Wednesday, December 14 (7 p.m.) and Thursday, December 15 (8 p.m.).

One of the most popular singers in modern country music, VINCE GILL, is famous for his top-notch songwriting, world-class guitar playing and warm, soaring tenor, all wrapped up in a quick and easy wit.

Country music legend, a Highwayman, screen star and Academy Award-nominated songwriter, Kris Kristofferson makes his Segerstrom Center for the Arts debut on Saturday, November 5, 2016 in the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.

?Charlie Daniels has never fit into any certain label, purposely creating a sound and blend of music all his own. The new album, Night Hawk, stays true to that tradition with Daniels putting a unique spin on cowboy songs both well known and uncovered from through the years. The album will be available on August 26 at www.CharlieDaniels.com, FYE, and wherever music is sold.

Veteran Grand Ole Opry pianist Tim Atwood is inviting a few hundred of his closest friends and fans to an old-fashioned "dinner on the grounds" in Hendersonville, Tennessee, on Sunday, August 14. The occasion is the release of "That Old Time Religion" (i2iRecords), Atwood's second album, but first gospel project since leaving the Opry's house band in 2014, after 38 years.

Dot Time Records is pleased to announce the signing of multiple GRAMMY and EMMY Award bassist, Robert Hurst. Robert, a Detroit native, has enjoyed a stellar career spanning over 30 years, and is a well respected and highly recognized composer, electric and acoustic bassist, educator, and recording artist.

The Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles have announced a very special Evening With The Wild Feathers which will take place on August 25th, in The Clive Davis Theater , an intimate 200 seat venuelocated within the museum.

Norah Jones has announced the October 7 global release of Day Breaks (Blue Note Records), her stunning sixth solo album which is a kindred spirit to the singer's breakout debut Come Away With Me and finds the 9-time GRAMMY-winner returning to the piano and her roots. Norah has also announced Fall tour dates in North America and Europe including The VETS in Providence on December 8 at 8:00pm.

On September 30, Simrit releases her new album, Songs of Resilience.

When Austin Lucas began thinking about the follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2013 album, Stay Reckless, he had a lot on his mind. The Indiana troubadour wanted to do something not only different from his own previous work, but unlike anything else happening in the realm of country and Americana. Between The Moon And The Midwest marries traditional and cosmic country sounds with sharp, vivid storytelling in a fully realized concept album.

Sony Classical just released the original soundtrack for Woody Allen's CAFE SOCIETY both digitally and on CD on July 8, 2016.

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) today released A LOVE STORY, an original, animated short film that follows the story of two young entrepreneurs, Ivan and Evie, and the escalating rivalry that leads them to build competing fast food empires.

Acting Librarian of Congress David Mao today announced that Smokey Robinson is the next recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

GET STOMPERIZED! It's Ladies' Choice, womenfolk! Nab you a partner and head on over to the Bridge Street Theatre Speakeasy at 44 West Bridge Street in Catskill for some old school good times this 4th of July weekend!

Hazel Smith is a storyteller - she has thousands of them. That's because she witnessed so many, played a role in so many...and ultimately chronicled and shared so many. Hazel is one of Music Row's "Storytellers," a journalist who has been a constant force and source in country music as long as many can remember. That is why she's being honored as the initial subject of Music Row Storytellers.

Ralph Stanley, a patriarch of Appalachian music who with his brother Carter helped expand and popularize the genre that became known as bluegrass, died Thursday from difficulties with skin cancer. He was 89.